Men in Skirts: Kanye West, Marc Jacobs, and Others

Kanye rocked a leather Givenchy skirt in concert this week. See other men whove shown some leg

Kanye West rocked a leather Givenchy skirt in concert this week. See Gerard Butler, Ewan McGregor, Diddy, and other men who've shown some leg

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Men in Skirts: Kanye West, Marc Jacobs, and Others

Men in Skirts: Kanye West, Marc Jacobs, and Others

Kanye West

When it comes to fashion, Kanye West has always enjoyed pushing limits. In April, he wore a silk blouse from Celine's spring 2011 women's collection onstage at Coachella. Then last month he showed up looking very 1% at the Occupy Wall Street protests in a $355 Givenchy plaid shirt and some Balmain jeans. But this week, during the Watch the Throne tour, Kanye took perhaps his greatest style risk by performing at Madison Square Garden in a leather Givenchy skirt from the spring-summer 2012 men's collection. Hemline watchers, take note: It was above the knee.

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Marc Jacobs

In 2008, Marc Jacobs took a bow at his collections wearing a plaid Comme des Garçons skort. "It's not really a kilt," Jacobs explained to New York magazine at the time. "It's kind of like a kilt and a short. ... I discovered how nice it felt to wear. They're comfortable, and wearing it made me happy, so I bought more. And now I just can't stop wearing them." Indeed, Jacobs even wore a skirt to jury duty in 2010 and is usually spotted around New York City in something below the knee. But this year the designer admitted that he has tired of kilts. As he told Racked.com in September: "I wear now mostly Prada pencil skirts."

Men in Skirts: Kanye West, Marc Jacobs, and Others

Kanye West

When it comes to fashion, Kanye West has always enjoyed pushing limits. In April, he wore a silk blouse from Celine's spring 2011 women's collection onstage at Coachella. Then last month he showed up looking very 1% at the Occupy Wall Street protests in a $355 Givenchy plaid shirt and some Balmain jeans. But this week, during the Watch the Throne tour, Kanye took perhaps his greatest style risk by performing at Madison Square Garden in a leather Givenchy skirt from the spring-summer 2012 men's collection. Hemline watchers, take note: It was above the knee.

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Marc Jacobs

In 2008, Marc Jacobs took a bow at his collections wearing a plaid Comme des Garçons skort. "It's not really a kilt," Jacobs explained to New York magazine at the time. "It's kind of like a kilt and a short. ... I discovered how nice it felt to wear. They're comfortable, and wearing it made me happy, so I bought more. And now I just can't stop wearing them." Indeed, Jacobs even wore a skirt to jury duty in 2010 and is usually spotted around New York City in something below the knee. But this year the designer admitted that he has tired of kilts. As he told Racked.com in September: "I wear now mostly Prada pencil skirts."

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Gerard Butler

Being Scottish certainly gives Gerard Butler the street cred to pull off a kilt. Especially because he does it right—something plaid, with high wool kneesocks and the traditional murse (known as a sporran) that hangs in front. But in 2010, Ellen DeGeneres tried to get Butler to go for something more modern, something more Ellen. She gave the actor a blue-and-white kilt with her photo on it and, because Butler often goes commando under his kilt, a pair of matching blue briefs that read "Watch Ellen."

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Diddy

While performing in Glasgow in 2010, Diddy got into the Scottish spirit and went onstage in a black-and-white tartan kilt. And though he accessorized with some diamond necklaces, Diddy made sure to butch up the look with black leather motorcycle boots and a baseball cap.

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Ewan McGregor

In 2009, Ewan McGregor told Newsweek that like many Scottish men, "I wear kilts for special occasions like weddings. It's our dinner jacket." And McGregor also goes the extra mile, wearing the traditional knife in his sock. "It's called a dirk," he explained, "and I absolutely wear one when I wear a kilt. I also have one tattooed on my arm."

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Jared Leto

When a man wears as much guyliner as Jared Leto has been known to, seeing him in a skirt hardly raises a plucked eyebrow. In October 2010, the 30 Seconds to Mars front man tweeted a photo of himself wearing a short black skirt with black pants underneath. Seeing as Leto posed shirtless and sported 18-pack abs, if he hadn't captioned the image "Real Men Wear Skirts," it's doubtful anyone would have noticed.

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Sean Connery

For many years Sean Connery has hosted the Dressed to Kilt fashion show celebrating New York's Tartan Week and all things Scottish. Among the plaid men (and women) who strutted down the runway in 2011 were Chris Noth, Kiefer Sutherland, Matthew Modine, and George Clooney's girlfriend, Stacy Kiebler. But few ever look quite as dashing as 007 himself.

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Vin Diesel

Award shows bring out the best and worst in celebrity style, and in 2003 action star Vin Diesel was pulled over by legions of fashion police for wearing a pleated black leather skirt to the MTV Europe Music Awards. Diesel completed the ensemble with a long-sleeve black sweater and black leather boots, but it was his twirl for the cameras that undermined any shred of manliness.

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Marcus Schenkenberg

At New York's annual Dressed to Kilt fashion show, Marcus Schenkenberg has worn many different skirts over the years, including a gold kilt, one with brocade, and an ankle-length variation on the sarong. Oddly enough, the Swedish model usually goes shirtless for the occasion.

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Russell Crowe

As the Greek warrior Achilles, Brad Pitt sported a leather miniskirt in Troy. Apparently Romans were much more demure as Russell Crowe proved in 2000's Gladiator, when he wore a knee-length skirt to do battle in the Colosseum. Then again, he was named Maximus.